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Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version
CONDITIONAL LOAN CONVERSION AGREEMENT
THIS CONDITIONAL LOAN CONVERSION AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is
entered into as
of November 16, 2007 by and between China Biopharmaceuticals
Holdings Inc.
("CBH"), and RimAsia Capital Partners, L.P. ("RimAsia"). CBH and
RimAsia
hereinafter collectively may be referred to as the "Parties" and
each
individually as a "Party."
RECITALS
WHEREAS, in connection with the prior acquisition of Shenyang
Enshi
Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. ("Enshi") by RACP Pharmaceutical
Holdings Ltd.
("RACP"), which was set up by RimAsia for the sole purpose to
acquire Enshi,
RimAsia extended a loan in the aggregate principal amount of
US$11.5 million to
RACP (the "Loan") for the purpose of the acquisition of Enshi,
pursuant to the
terms and conditions of that certain Facility Agreement dated
May 29, 2006 (the
"Loan Agreement").
WHEREAS, CBH acquired RACP from RimAsia pursuant to a Stock
Purchase Agreement
and a Conditional Stock Purchase Agreement dated May 29, 2006
and a Deed of
Accession dated June 30, 2006 (the "Deed of Accession"), and
thereby RACP became
a wholly-owned subsidiary of CBH and the Loan was assumed by CBH
in June 2006.
WHEREAS, the Loan is currently in default under the terms of the
Loan Agreement,
with a total amount due and payable on October 15, 2007 of
approximately
US$12,508,534 comprising of (i) a principal amount of
US$11,500,000, (ii) unpaid
interest (up to October 15, 2007) of US$1,008,534 (the "Balance
Outstanding").
WHEREAS, RimAsia and CBH have entered into a definitive letter
of intent and a
term sheet to restructure the Loan where RimAsia has agreed to
convert the Loan
into newly issued Preferred Shares, subject to the changes and
modifications in
this Agreement. The conversion of the Loan and the Balance
Outstanding into the
Preferred Shares pursuant to this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents
is to be referred to herein as the "Conversion."
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, the
Parties have agreed
that the Conversion is subject to the condition subsequent of
the completion of
one of the three acquisitions planned, which are more fully
described in a
separate confidential side letter between the Parties due to the
confidential
nature of these possible acquisitions.
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THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, agreements,
covenants,
representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, and
other good and
valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are
hereby
acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree as follows:
1. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Agreement, the
following terms have
the respective indicated meanings below:
1.1. "Action" has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1.10.
1.2. "Additional Warrant" means the warrant to be issued to
RimAsia under
this Agreement with its terms set forth in the Form of
Additional Common Stock
Purchase Warrant attached hereto as Exhibit C.
1.3. "Affiliate" means any Person that, directly or indirectly
through one
or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under
common control
with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under
Rule 144 under the
Securities Act. With respect to RimAsia, any investment fund or
managed account
that is managed on a discretionary basis by the same investment
manager as
RimAsia will be deemed to be an Affiliate of RimAsia. For
purposes of the
Transaction Documents, RimAsia shall not be deemed an
"Affiliate" of CBH or
Erye.
1.4. "Balance Outstanding" has the meaning ascribed to such term
in the
Recitals of this Agreement.
1.5. "Closing" means the closing of the Conversion and issuance
of the
Securities pursuant to Section 2.1.
1.6. "Closing Date" means the Trading Day when all of the
Transaction
Documents have been executed and delivered by the applicable
parties thereto,
and all conditions precedent to (i) RimAsia's obligations to
convert the Loan
and (ii) CBH's obligations to deliver the Securities have been
satisfied or
waived.
1.7. "Commission" means the United States Securities and
Exchange
Commission.
1.8. "Common Stock" means the common stock of CBH, par value
$.001 per
share, and any other class of securities into which such common
stock may
hereafter have been reclassified or changed into.
1.9. "Common Stock Equivalents" means any securities of CBH or
the
Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire
at any time
Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred
stock, rights,
options, warrants or other instrument that is at any time
convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the
holder thereof to
receive, Common Stock or other securities that entitle the
holder to receive,
directly or indirectly, Common Stock.
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1.10. "Company Counsel" means Baker & McKenzie, LLP.
1.11. "Conversion Shares" means the shares of Common Stock
issuable upon
conversion of the Preferred Shares.
1.12. "Effectiveness Date" means the date on which the
initial
Registration Statement filed by CBH pursuant to the Registration
Rights
Agreement is first declared effectively by the Commission.
1.13. "Erye" means Suzhou Erye Pharmaceutical Company Ltd.
1.14. "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
1.15. "GAAP" has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1.8.
1.16. "Knowledge" means, with respect to any statement made to
the
knowledge of a party, that the statement is based upon actual
knowledge of the
officers of such party having responsibility for the matter or
matters that are
the subject of the statement, after due inquiry.
1.17. "Lien" means a lien, charge, security interest,
encumbrance, right
of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction.
1.18. "Litigation Agreement" means the agreement between CBH and
RimAsia,
dated the date hereof, concerning certain litigation matters,
substantially in
the form of Exhibit F attached hereto.
1.19. "Loan" has the meaning ascribed to such term in the
Recitals of this
Agreement.
1.20. "Material Adverse Effect" has the meaning assigned to such
term in
Section 3.1.2.
1.21. "Modified Warrant" means the warrant which was previously
issued to
RimAsia exercisable into 12,000,000 shares of the Common Stock
(such previously
issued warrant, the "Original Warrant") and is being modified to
reduce the
per-share exercise price and to extend the exercise period to
4.5 years from the
Closing Date, all as set forth in the Form of Amended Common
Stock Purchase
Warrant attached hereto as Exhibit B.
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1.22. "Legend Removal Date" has the meaning ascribed to such
term in
Section 4.1.3.
1.23. "Person" means an individual or corporation, partnership,
trust,
incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture,
limited liability
company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or
subdivision thereof)
or other entity of any kind.
1.24. "Original Warrant" has the meaning ascribed to it in
Section 1.21.
1.25. "Preferred Shares" means 6,185,607 shares of Series B
Senior
Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock of CBH.
1.26. "Proceeding" means an action, claim, suit, investigation
or
proceeding (including, without limitation, an investigation or
partial
proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or
threatened.
1.27. "Registration Rights Agreement" means the Registration
Rights
Agreement, dated the date hereof, among between CBH and RimAsia,
in the form of
Exhibit E attached hereto.
1.28. "Registration Statement" means a registration statement
meeting the
requirements set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement and
covering the
resale of the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares by RimAsia as
provided for in
the Registration Rights Agreement.
1.29. "Required Approvals" has the meaning ascribed to such term
in
Section 3.1.5.
1.30. "Rule 144" means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission
pursuant to
the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to
time, or any
similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission
having
substantially the same effect as such Rule.
1.31. "SEC Reports" has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section
3.1.8.
1.32. "Securities" means the Preferred Shares, the Modified
Warrant and
the Additional Warrant.
1.33. "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
1.34. "Short Sales" means all "short sales" as defined in Rule
200 of
Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act (but shall not be deemed
to include the
location and/or reservation of borrowable shares of Common
Stock).
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1.35. "Subsidiary" means any subsidiary of CBH as disclosed in
the SEC
Reports.
1.36. "Trading Day" means a day on which the Common Stock is
traded on a
Trading Market.
1.37. "Trading Market" means the following markets or exchanges
on which
the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in
question: the
NASDAQ Capital Market, the American Stock Exchange, the New York
Stock Exchange,
the NASDAQ National Market or the OTC Bulletin Board.
1.38. "Transaction Document" means (a) this Agreement, (b) the
Modified
Warrant, (c) the Additional Warrant, (d) CBH's Certificate of
Designation of
Series B Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock attached hereto
as Exhibit A,
(e) the Registration Rights Agreement, (f) the Litigation
Agreement, (g) Service
Agreement regarding Enshi (the "Service Agreement"); (h)
Assignment of Claims by
CBH in favor of RACP (the "Damage Assignment"); and (i) any
other documents or
agreements executed in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereunder.
1.39. "VWAP" means, for any date, the price determined by the
first of the
following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then
listed or quoted
on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of
the Common Stock
for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading
Market on which the
Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg
Financial L.P.
(based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time to 4:02 p.m.
Eastern Time);
(b) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted on a
Trading Market and if
prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the "Pink
Sheets" published by
the Pink Sheets, LLC (or a similar organization or agency
succeeding to its
functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per
share of the
Common Stock so reported; or (c) in all other cases, the fair
market value of a
share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser
selected in good
faith by RimAsia and reasonably acceptable to CBH.
1.40. "Warrants" means the Modified Warrant and Additional
Warrant.
1.41. "Warrant Shares" means shares of the Common Stock issuable
upon
exercise of the Modified Warrant or Additional Warrant.
2. CONVERSION AND ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES
2.1. Closing. On the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to
the
conditions set forth herein, concurrent with the execution and
delivery of this
Agreement by the parties hereto, RimAsia agrees to convert
Twelve Million Four
Hundred Ninety Four Thousand Six Hundred Seventy One United
States Dollars
(US$12,508,534 ), representing the total principal amount of the
Loan and the
unpaid interest (up to October 15, 2007) of US$1,008,534 (the
"Loan Conversion
Amount") and the warrant to
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purchase 12,000,000 shares of Common Stock, into 6,185,607
Preferred Shares,
with a conversion price of US$2.0222 per Preferred Share, and
CBH agrees to
issue to RimAsia (a) the Preferred Shares, (b) the Modified
Warrant to purchase
12,000,000 shares of CBH's Common Stock with a new exercise
price of $1.26 per
share and with a new term of four and a half years from the
Closing Date, and
(c) the Additional Warrant exercisable into such a number of
shares of CBH's
Common Stock and at such an exercise price to be determined
according to the
terms of such Additional Warrants, with a term of four years
from the date of
issuance. The voting powers, designations, preferences, rights
and
qualifications, limitations or restrictions of the Series B
Preferred Stock are
all as set forth in the Certificate of Designation of Series B
Convertible
Redeemable Preferred Stock attached hereto as Exhibit A (the
"Series B
Certificate of Designation"). The terms and conditions of the
Modified Warrants
are set forth in the Form of Amended Common Stock Purchase
Warrant attached
hereto as Exhibit B. The terms and conditions of the Additional
Warrant are set
forth in the Form of Additional Common Stock Purchase Warrant
attached hereto as
Exhibit C.
2.2. Deliveries.
2.2.1. On the Closing Date, CBH shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to RimAsia the following:
2.2.1.1. this Agreement duly executed by CBH;
2.2.1.2. a certificate evidencing the Preferred Shares;
2.2.1.3. the Modified Warrant registered in the name of
RimAsia;
2.2.1.4. the Additional Warrant registered in the name of
RimAsia;
2.2.1.5. the legal opinion of Company Counsel, in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D, addressed
to RimAsia;
2.2.1.6. the Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by
CBH;
2.2.1.7. the Litigation Agreement, duly executed by CBH;
2.2.1.8. the Service Agreement, duly executed by CBH; and
2.2.1.9. the Damage Assignment, duly executed by CBH.
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2.2.2. On the Closing Date, RimAsia shall deliver or cause to
be
delivered to CBH the following:
2.2.2.1. this Agreement duly executed by RimAsia;
2.2.2.2. the Litigation Agreement, duly executed by RimAsia;
2.2.2.3. the Service Agreement executed by RimAsia;
2.2.2.4. the Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by
RimAsia; and
2.2.2.5. The Original Warrant dated June 30, 2006 to
purchase
12,000,000 shares of Common Stock.
2.3. Closing Conditions.
2.3.1. The obligations of CBH hereunder in connection with
the
Closing are subject to the following conditions precedent being
met by the
Closing Date, unless otherwise waived by CBH:
2.3.1.1. the accuracy in all material respects when made and
on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of
RimAsia contained
herein;
2.3.1.2. all obligations, covenants and agreements of
RimAsia
required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall
have been
performed; and
2.3.1.3. the delivery by RimAsia of the items set forth in
Section 2.2.2 of this Agreement.
2.3.2. The obligations of RimAsia hereunder in connection
with
the Closing are subject to the following conditions precedent
being met by the
Closing Date, unless otherwise waived by RimAsia:
2.3.2.1. the accuracy in all material respects on the
Closing
Date of the representations and warranties of CBH contained
herein;
2.3.2.2. all obligations, covenants and agreements of CBH
required to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall
have been
performed;
2.3.2.3. the delivery by CBH of the items set forth in
Section
2.2.1 of this Agreement;
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2.3.2.4. since the date of execution of this Agreement, no
event or series of events shall have occurred that reasonably
could have or
result in (i) an adverse effect on the legality, validity or
enforceability of
any Transaction Document, or (ii) a Material Adverse Effect;
2.3.2.5. no statute, rule, regulation, executive order,
decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered,
promulgated or
endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent
jurisdiction that
prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions
contemplated by the
Transaction Documents; and
from the date hereof to the Closing Date, trading in the
Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the Commission or
CBH's principal
Trading Market (except for any suspension of trading of limited
duration agreed
to by CBH, which suspension shall be terminated prior to the
Closing), and, at
any time prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities
generally as reported
by Bloomberg Financial Markets shall not have been suspended or
limited, or
minimum prices shall not have been established on securities
whose trades are
reported by such service, or on any Trading Market, nor shall a
banking
moratorium have been declared either by the United States or New
York State
authorities nor shall there have occurred any material outbreak
or escalation of
hostilities or other national or international calamity of such
magnitude in its
effect on, or any material adverse change in, any financial
market which, in
each case, in the reasonable judgment of RimAsia, makes it
impracticable or
inadvisable to convert the Loan at the Closin
2.3.3. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any
other
Transaction Document to the contrary, the Conversion
contemplated by this
Agreement is subject to the conditions subsequent of (i) the
execution of an
Acquisition LOI, as such term is defined in a side letter
between the Parties
dated as of even date herewith (the "Side Letter"), by January
15, 2008 (the
"First Condition Subsequent Cutoff Date"), and, (ii) if an
Acquisition LOI has
been executed by the First Condition Subsequent Cutoff Date, the
actual closing,
by no later than June 30, 2008 (the "Second Condition Subsequent
Cutoff Date";
each of the First Condition Subsequent Cutoff Date and the
Second Condition
Subsequent Cutoff Date, a "Condition Subsequent Cutoff Date"),
of the
Acquisition (as such term is defined in the Side Letter) which
was the subject
of the Acquisition LOI. If no Acquisition LOI has been executed
by the First
Condition Subsequent Cutoff Date or, following the execution of
an Acquisition
LOI by the First Condition Subsequent Cutoff Date, the closing
of the
Acquisition has not occurred by the Second Condition Subsequent
Cutoff Date,
RimAsia shall have the option to unwind the Conversion within 60
days following
the relevant Condition Subsequent Cutoff Date by serving a
written notice to CBH
(the "Re-Conversion Notice"). Upon the delivery of the
Re-Conversion Notice, (a)
the Preferred Shares shall automatically, and without further
action, be
converted back to (via a conversion, exchange, a repurchase by
CBH in
consideration of the Loan and the Outstanding Balance and the
revival of the
Loan Agreement and the Loan Assumption Agreement, or any other
lawful means)
(the "Re-
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Conversion") the Loan and the Outstanding Balance, (b) all the
terms and
conditions of the Loan Agreement and the Loan Assumption
Agreement (including,
without limitation, interest accrual and RimAsia's right of
acceleration) shall
be deemed revived as if the Conversion had never occurred, (c)
the Modified
Warrant shall be deemed reverted back to the Original Warrant,
and (d) the
Additional Warrant shall be deemed cancelled. For purposes of
clarification, the
Litigation Agreement, the Service Agreement and the Claim
Assignment shall
survive the Re-Conversion Notice. In furtherance of the
foregoing, CBH hereby
represents and covenants that, at all times prior to the
occurrence of the above
described condition subsequent, the Preferred Shares will always
be treated as
debt and will not be treated as capital on its books. CBH hereby
represents and
warrants to RimAsia that nothing in (i) the Delaware General
Corporation Law,
CBH's Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws, or any agreement
or understanding
between CBH and any third party or (ii) CBH's financial
condition, will prohibit
the Re-Conversion as contemplated by this section.
3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
3.1. Representations and Warranties of CBH. CBH hereby makes
the
representations and warranties as of the date hereof and as of
the Closing Date
set forth below to RimAsia.
3.1.1. Subsidiaries. All of the direct and indirect subsidiaries
of
CBH have been disclosed in the SEC Reports. CBH owns, directly
or indirectly,
all of the capital stock or other equity interests of each
Subsidiary free and
clear of any Liens, and all the issued and outstanding shares of
capital stock
of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid,
non-assessable and
free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or
purchase securities.
3.1.2. Organization and Qualification. Each of CBH and its
Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise
organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction
of its
incorporation or organization (as applicable), with the
requisite power and
authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry
on its business
as currently conducted. Neither CBH nor any Subsidiary is in
violation of, or
default under, any of the provisions of its respective
certificate or articles
of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter
documents. Each of
CBH and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business
and is in good
standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each
jurisdiction in which
the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it
makes such
qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so
qualified or in good
standing, as the case may be, could not, individually, or in the
aggregate, have
or reasonably be expected to result in (i) a material adverse
effect on the
legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction
Document, (ii) a
material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets,
business,
prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of CBH and the
Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on CBH's
ability to perform
in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under
any Transaction
Document (any of
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(i), (ii) or (iii), a "Material Adverse Effect") and no
Proceeding has been
instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or
curtailing or seeking
to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or
qualification.
3.1.3. Authorization; Enforcement. CBH has the requisite
corporate
power and authority to enter into and to consummate the
transactions
contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents and otherwise
to carry out its
obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery
of each of the
Transaction Documents by CBH and the consummation by it of the
transactions
contemplated thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary
action on the
part of CBH and no further action is required by CBH, its board
of directors or
its stockholders in connection therewith other than in
connection with the
Required Approvals. Each Transaction Document has been (or upon
delivery will
have been) duly executed by CBH and, when delivered in
accordance with the terms
hereof and thereof, will constitute the valid and binding
obligation of CBH
enforceable against CBH in accordance with its terms except (i)
as limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
and other laws of
general application affecting enforcement of creditors' rights
generally, (ii)
as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific
performance,
injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) in so
far as
indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by
applicable law.
3.1.4. No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of
the
Transaction Documents by CBH and the consummation by CBH of the
other
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will
not: (i) conflict
with or violate any provision of CBH's or any Subsidiary's
certificate or
articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or
charter documents,
or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that
with notice or
lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in
the creation of
any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of CBH or any
Subsidiary, or give
to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or
cancellation
(with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any
agreement, credit
facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company or
Subsidiary debt or
otherwise) or other understanding to which CBH or any Subsidiary
is a party or
by which any property or asset of CBH or any Subsidiary is bound
or affected, or
(iii) subject to the Required Approvals, conflict with or result
in a violation
of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction,
decree or other
restriction of any court or governmental authority to which CBH
or a Subsidiary
is subject (including federal and state securities laws and
regulations), or by
which any property or asset of CBH or a Subsidiary is bound or
affected; except
in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as could
not, individually,
or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in
a Material
Adverse Effect.
3.1.5. Filings, Consents and Approvals. CBH is not required
to
obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any
notice to, or
make any filing or registration with, any court or other
federal, state, local
or other governmental authority or other Person in connection
with the
execution, delivery and performance by CBH of the Transaction
Documents, other
than (i) filings required pursuant to Section 4.6, (ii) the
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filing with the Commission of one or more Registration
Statements in accordance
with the requirements of the Registration Rights Agreement,
(iii) filings
required by state securities laws in accordance with the
requirements of the
Registration Rights Agreement, which when permitted, will be
made prior to the
Effectiveness Date (as such term is defined in the Registration
Rights
Agreement), (iv) the notice and/or application(s) to each
applicable Trading
Market for the issuance and sale of the Registrable Securities
(as such term is
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) and the listing of
the Registrable
Securities for trading thereon in the time and manner required
thereby, (v) the
filing of Form D with the Commission and such filings as are
required to be made
under applicable state securities laws and (vi) the filing of
the certificate of
designation for the Preferred Shares with the Secretary of the
State of Delaware
(collectively, the "Required Approvals").
3.1.6. Issuance of the Securities. The Securities are duly
authorized and, when issued and paid for (or converted into) in
accordance with
the applicable Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly
issued, fully
paid and non-assessable, free and clear of all Liens other than
restrictions on
transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents. The
Conversion Shares and
the Warrant Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of
the Transaction
Documents, will be validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable, free and clear
of all Liens, other than the restrictions on transfer provided
for in the
Transaction Documents. CBH has reserved from its duly authorized
capital stock
the number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the
Series B
Certificate of Designation, the Modified Warrant and the
Additional Warrants in
order to issue the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares. The
Securities are
not subject to any preemptive or similar rights to subscribe for
or purchase
securities.
3.1.7. Capitalization. Other than disclosed in the SEC Reports,
CBH
has not issued any capital stock other than pursuant to the
conversion or
exercise of outstanding Common Stock Equivalents. Other than
disclosed in the
SEC Reports, as of the date of this Agreement, except for the
Preferred Shares,
there is no share of any preferred stock of CBH outstanding. No
securities of
CBH are entitled to preemptive or similar rights and no Person
has any right of
first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any
similar right to
participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents. As of
the date of this Agreement, except as disclosed in the SEC
Reports and as a
result of the issuance of the Securities, there are no
outstanding options,
warrants, script rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of
any character
whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations
convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right
to subscribe for
or acquire, any shares of the capital stock of CBH, or
contracts, commitments,
understandings or arrangements by which CBH or any Subsidiary is
or may become
bound to issue additional shares of its capital stock, or
securities or rights
convertible or exchangeable into shares of Common Stock. The
issuance and sale
of the Securities will not obligate CBH to issue shares of
Common Stock or other
securities to any Person (other than RimAsia) and will not
result in a right of
any holder of CBH securities to adjust the
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exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under such
securities. All of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of CBH are validly issued,
fully paid and
non-assessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal
and state
securities laws, and none of such outstanding shares was issued
in violation of
any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or
purchase securities.
No further approval or authorization of any stockholder, the
Board of Directors
of CBH or others is required for the issuance and sale of the
Securities, the
Conversion Shares or the Warrant Shares. There are no
stockholders agreements,
voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to
CBH's capital
stock to which CBH is a party or, to the Knowledge of CBH,
between or among any
of CBH's stockholders.
3.1.8. SEC Reports; Financial Statements. CBH has filed all
reports,
schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be
filed by it
under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including
pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date
hereof (or such
shorter period as CBH was required by law to file such material)
(the foregoing
materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents
incorporated by
reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the
"SEC Reports")
on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time
of filing and
has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any
such extension. As
of their respective dates, other than the SEC Reports relating
to Enshi, which
may be subject to further amendment pursuant to new
investigation and
discoveries, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects
with the
requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and
none of the SEC
Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a
material fact or
omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading. The financial statements
of CBH included
in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with
applicable accounting
requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission
with respect
thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial
statements have been
prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted
accounting
principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods
involved ("GAAP"),
except as may be otherwise specified in such financial
statements or the notes
thereto, and fairly present in all material respects the
financial position of
CBH and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the dates
thereof and the
results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended,
subject, in the
case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end
audit adjustments.
CBH maintains and will continue to maintain a standard system of
accounting
established and administered in accordance with GAAP and the
applicable
requirements of the Exchange Act.
3.1.9. Material Changes. Since the date of the latest
audited
financial statements included within the SEC Reports, except as
specifically
disclosed in the SEC Reports or certain litigation events
previously disclosed
to RimAsia, (i) there has been no event, occurrence or
development that has had
or that, individually, or in the aggregate, could reasonably be
expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) CBH has not incurred
any liabilities
(contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and
accrued expenses
incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice,
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(B) liabilities not required to be reflected in CBH's financial
statements
pursuant to GAAP or required to be disclosed in filings made
with the
Commission, and (C) other liabilities that would not,
individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) CBH has not
altered its method
of accounting or the identity of its auditors, (iv) CBH has not
declared or made
any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its
stockholders or
purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem
any shares of
its capital stock and (v) CBH has not issued any equity
securities to any
officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing
Company stock option
plans. As of the date of this Agreement, CBH does not have
pending before the
Commission any request for confidential treatment of
information.
3.1.10. Litigation. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports
or
previously disclosed to RimAsia, there is no action, suit,
inquiry, notice of
violation, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the
Knowledge of CBH,
threatened against or affecting CBH, any Subsidiary or any of
their respective
properties before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or
administrative
agency or regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or
foreign) (each,
an "Action") which , could, if there were an unfavorable
decision, individually,
or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in
a Material
Adverse Effect. Neither CBH nor any Subsidiary, nor any director
or officer
thereof, is or has been the subject of any Action involving a
claim of violation
of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a
claim of breach of
fiduciary duty. There has not been, and to the Knowledge of CBH,
there is not
pending or contemplated, any investigation by the Commission
involving CBH or
any current or former director or officer of CBH. The Commission
has not issued
any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of
any registration
statement filed by CBH or any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act
or the
Securities Act. No executive officer, to the Knowledge of CBH,
is, or is now
expected to be, in violation of any material term of any
employment contract,
confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement
or
non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or
any restrictive
covenant, and the continued employment of each such executive
officer does not
subject CBH or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability with
respect to any of
the foregoing matters. CBH and its Subsidiaries are in
compliance with all
applicable laws and regulations relating to employment and
employment practices,
terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except
where the failure
to be in compliance could not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.1.11. Labor Relations. Neither CBH nor any of its Subsidiaries
is
a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and CBH and its
Subsidiaries
believe that their relationships with their employees are good.
No material
labor dispute exists or, to the Knowledge of CBH, is imminent
with respect to
any of the employees of CBH which could reasonably be expected
to result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
3.1.12. Compliance. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports
or
previously disclosed to RimAsia in connection with certain
litigation events,
neither CBH nor any Subsidiary (i) is in default under or in
violation of (and
no event has occurred
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that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or
both, would
result in a default by CBH or any Subsidiary under), nor has CBH
or any
Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in default
under or that it is
in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any
other agreement
or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of
its properties is
bound (whether or not such default or violation has been
waived), (ii) is in
violation of any order of any court, arbitrator or governmental
body, or (iii)
is or has been in violation of any statute, rule or regulation
of any
governmental authority, including without limitation all
foreign, federal, state
and local laws applicable to its business and all such laws that
affect the
environment, except in each case as could not, individually, or
in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. CBH is in compliance
with all
effective requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as
amended, and the
rules and regulations thereunder, that are applicable to it,
except where such
noncompliance, individually or in the aggregate, could not have
or reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
3.1.13. Regulatory Permits. Except as disclosed in the SEC
Reports,
CBH and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates,
authorizations and permits
issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign
regulatory
authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as
described in the
SEC Reports, except where the failure to possess such permits
could not,
individually, or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be
expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect ("Material Permits"), and neither CBH
nor any Subsidiary
has received any notice of proceedings relating to the
revocation or
modification of any Material Permit.
3.1.14. Title to Assets. CBH and the Subsidiaries have good
and
marketable land use rights with respect to all real property
owned by them that
is material to the business of CBH and the Subsidiaries and good
and marketable
title in all personal property owned by them that is material to
the business of
CBH and the Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all
Liens, except for
Liens as do not materially affect the value of such property and
do not
materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made
of such property
by CBH and the Subsidiaries. Any real property and facilities
held under lease
by CBH and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid,
subsisting and
enforceable leases of which CBH and the Subsidiaries are in
compliance.
3.1.15. Patents and Trademarks. CBH and the Subsidiaries have,
or
have rights to use, all patents, patent applications,
trademarks, trademark
applications, service marks, trade names, trade secrets,
inventions, copyrights,
licenses and other intellectual property rights or similar
rights necessary or
material for use in connection with their respective businesses
as described in
the SEC Reports and which the failure to so have could,
individually, or in the
aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect
(collectively, the "Intellectual Property Rights"). Neither CBH
nor any
Subsidiary has received a notice (written or otherwise) that the
Intellectual
Property Rights used by CBH or any Subsidiary violates or
infringes upon the
rights of any Person. All such Intellectual Property Rights are
enforceable and
do not violate or infringe the Intellectual Property Rights of
others in any
respect that would, individually
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or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse
Effect and, to the Knowledge of CBH, there is no existing
infringement by
another Person of any of CBH's or the Subsidiary's Intellectual
Property Rights.
CBH and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures
to protect the
secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual
properties,
except where failure to do so could not, individually or in the
aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.1.16. Insurance. CBH and the Subsidiaries are insured by
insurers
of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and
risks and in such
amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which
CBH and the
Subsidiaries are engaged, including, but not limited to,
directors and officers
insurance coverage at least equal to the aggregate Loan
Conversion Amount. To
the best Knowledge of CBH, such insurance contracts and policies
are accurate
and complete. Neither CBH nor any Subsidiary has any reason to
believe that it
will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and
when such
coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar
insurers as may be
necessary to continue its business without a significant
increase in cost.
3.1.17. Transactions with Affiliates and Employees. Except as
set
forth in the SEC Reports, none of the officers or directors of
CBH and, to the
Knowledge of CBH, none of the employees of CBH is presently a
party to any
transaction with CBH or any Subsidiary (other than for services
as employees,
officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or
other arrangement
providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for
rental of real
or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments
to or from any
officer, director or such employee or, to the Knowledge of CBH,
any entity in
which any officer, director, or any such employee has a
substantial interest or
is an officer, director, trustee or partner.
3.1.18. Sarbanes-Oxley; Internal Accounting Controls. CBH is
in
compliance with all provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
which are
applicable to it as of the Closing Date.
3.1.19. Private Placement. Assuming the accuracy of
RimAsia's
representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2, no
registration under
the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the
Securities by CBH
to RimAsia as contemplated hereby. The issuance and sale of the
Securities
hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of the
Trading Market.
Except as described in the SEC Reports, CBH has not granted or
agreed to grant
to any Person any rights (including "piggy-back" registration
rights) to have
any securities of CBH registered with the Commission or any
other governmental
authority that have not been satisfied.
3.1.20. Investment Company. CBH is not, and is not an Affiliate
of,
and immediately after issuance of the Securities, will not be or
be an Affiliate
of, an "investment company" within the meaning of the Investment
Company Act of
1940, as amended. CBH shall conduct its business in a manner so
that it will not
become subject to the Investment Company Act.
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3.1.21. Registration Rights. RimAsia has the right to cause CBH
to
effect the registration under the Securities Act pursuant to the
Registration
Rights Agreement.
3.1.22. Listing and Maintenance Requirements. CBH's Common Stock
is
registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and
CBH has taken no
action designed to, or which to its Knowledge is likely to have
the effect of,
terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the
Exchange Act nor has
CBH received any notification that the Commission is
contemplating terminating
such registration. CBH has not, in the 24 months preceding the
date hereof,
received notice from any Trading Market on which the Common
Stock is or has been
listed or quoted to the effect that CBH is not in compliance
with the listing or
maintenance requirements of such Trading Market. CBH is, and has
no reason to
believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to
be, in compliance
with all such listing and maintenance requirements. The issuance
and sale of the
Securities under the Transaction Documents does not contravene
the rules and
regulations of the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is
currently listed
or quoted, and no approval of the stockholders of CBH thereunder
is required for
CBH to issue and deliver to RimAsia the Securities contemplated
by the
Transaction Documents. As of the date hereof, CBH's Common Stock
is listed on
the OTC Bulletin Board.
3.1.23. No Integrated Public Offering. Neither CBH, nor any of
its
Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf, has,
directly or
indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or
solicited any offers to
buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this
offering of the
Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by CBH for
purposes of the
Securities Act or any applicable shareholder approval
provisions, which would
have made the issuance of the Securities in this offering a
public offering
subject to a registration statement, including, without
limitation, under the
rules and regulations of any Trading Market on which any of the
securities of
CBH are listed or designated.
3.1.24. Solvency. Based on the financial condition of CBH as of
the
Closing Date after giving effect to the receipt by CBH of the
proceeds from the
sale of the Securities hereunder, (i) CBH's cash and fair
saleable value of its
assets in an orderly liquidation exceeds the amount that will be
required to be
paid on or in respect of CBH's existing debts and other
liabilities (including
known contingent liabilities) as they mature; (ii) CBH's assets
do not
constitute unreasonably small capital to carry on its business
for the current
fiscal year as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted
including its
capital needs taking into account the particular capital
requirements of the
business conducted by CBH, and projected capital requirements
and capital
availability thereof; and (iii) the current cash flow of CBH,
together with the
proceeds CBH would receive, were it to liquidate all of its
assets, after taking
into account all anticipated uses of the cash, would be
sufficient to pay all
amounts on or in respect of its debt when such amounts are
required to be paid.
CBH does not intend to incur debts beyond its ability to pay
such debts as they
mature (taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to
be
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payable on or in respect of its debt). CBH has no Knowledge of
any facts or
circumstances which lead it to believe that it will file for
reorganization or
liquidation under the bankruptcy or reorganization laws of any
jurisdiction
within one year from the Closing Date.
3.1.25. Tax Status. Except for matters that would not,
individually
or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to result in
a Material
Adverse Effect, CBH and each Subsidiary has filed all necessary
federal, state
and foreign income and franchise tax returns and has paid or
accrued all taxes
shown as due thereon, and CBH has no Knowledge of a tax
deficiency which has
been asserted or threatened against CBH or any Subsidiary.
3.1.26. No General Solicitation. Neither CBH nor any person
acting
on behalf of CBH has offered or sold any of the Securities by
any form of
general solicitation or general advertising. CBH has offered the
Securities for
sale only to RimAsia.
3.1.27. No Disagreements with Accountants. There are no
disagreements of any kind presently existing, or reasonably
anticipated by CBH
to arise, with the accountants formerly or presently employed by
CBH with
respect to CBH's financial statements.
3.1.28. Acknowledgment Regarding RimAsia's Receipt of
Securities.
CBH acknowledges and agrees that RimAsia is acting solely in the
capacity of an
arm's length acquiror of securities with respect to the
Transaction Documents
and the transactions contemplated hereby. CBH further
acknowledges that RimAsia
is not acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of CBH (or in
any similar
capacity) with respect to this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated
hereby and any advice given by RimAsia or any of its
representatives or agents
in connection with this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby is
merely incidental to RimAsia's acquisition of the Securities.
CBH further
represents to RimAsia that CBH's decision to enter into this
Agreement has been
based solely on the independent evaluation of the transactions
contemplated
hereby by CBH and its representatives.
3.1.29. Certain Fees. RimAsia shall have no obligation with
respect
to any fees or with respect to any claims (other than such fees
or commissions
owed by RimAsia pursuant to written agreements executed by
RimAsia which fees or
commissions shall be the sole responsibility of RimAsia) made by
or on behalf of
other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this Section
that may be due in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
3.1.30. No Additional Agreements. CBH does not have any
agreement or
understanding with RimAsia with respect to the transactions
contemplated by the
Transaction Documents other than as specified in the Transaction
Documents.
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3.1.31. Disclosure. All disclosure provided to RimAsia
regarding
CBH, its business and the transactions contemplated hereby,
including the
Disclosure Schedules to this Agreement, furnished by or on
behalf of CBH with
respect to the representations and warranties made herein are
true and correct
with respect to such representations and warranties and do not
contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact necessary
in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the
circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading. CBH acknowledges and
agrees that
RimAsia makes or has made no representations or warranties with
respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically
set forth in
Section 3.2 hereof.
3.2. Representations and Warranties of RimAsia. RimAsia hereby
represents
and warrants as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date to
CBH as follows:
3.2.1. Organization; Authority. RimAsia is an entity duly
organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its
organization with full right, partnership power and authority to
enter into and
to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents and
otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder.
The execution,
delivery and performance by RimAsia of the transactions
contemplated by this
Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary partnership
action on the
part of RimAsia. Each Transaction Document to which it is a
party has been duly
executed by RimAsia, and when delivered by RimAsia in accordance
with the terms
hereof, will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation
of RimAsia,
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except (i)
as limited by
general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application
affecting
enforcement of creditors' rights generally, (ii) as limited by
laws relating to
the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or
other equitable
remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution
provisions may be
limited by applicable law.
3.2.2. Own Account. RimAsia understands that the Securities
are
"restricted securities" and have not been registered under the
Securities Act or
any applicable state securities law and is acquiring the
Securities as principal
for its own account and not wi
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